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Jurabek Caravanserai
A merchant's caravanserai in central Bukhara where karakul fur was traded before 1920; restored in 2018–2019, it now houses a miniature painting school.
Salokhona Gate, Bukhara
A reconstructed 16th-century gate on the south-east side of Bukhara's city wall, pulled down in 1939 and rebuilt on its old site.
Ensembles16th century, rebuilt c. 2009–2012
About the place
The gate, also called Mir Mas'ud, was built with the city wall in the mid-16th century under the Shaybanids and led to several pilgrimage sites outside the city. Outside it lay a parade ground where the emir's soldiers drilled until the 1920s.
In May 1939 the gate and the wall beside it were demolished as an obstacle to traffic. It was rebuilt on the old site around 2009–2012, one of four of Bukhara's eleven gates to be recreated. The name is often linked to a slaughterhouse that stood beyond it.
Why go
- Rebuilt gate on its original site
- Trace of the old city wall
- Story of Bukhara's eleven gates
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A small, much-revered shrine in the old town of Bukhara over the grave of the 11th-century scholar Turki Jandi, with an old stone well.
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Toki Sarrafon
The trading dome of the money changers, closest to Lyabi-Hauz; one of four 16th-century covered markets still used by traders.